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Cine News Digest – 25 Jan 2026
Jana Nayagan verdict this Tuesday The fate of Vijay’s last film, Jana Nayagan, will be known this Tuesday, 27 January when the Madras High Court is expected to make a ruling. The delay has proven to be financially crippling for everyone who had invested in the movie – from producers to distributors and exhibitors. The […]
Top 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 23 Jan 2026
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Ratnamala Parasakthi DG.V. Prakash Kumar Jayashree Mathivaran G.V. Prakash Kumar 2 2 Chendipoova Angammal K.S. Chithra Muthamil Mohammed Maqbool Mansoor 4 3 Vasthara Kumbuseevi Vishnupriya, Yuvan & Thamizh Aadhavan Super Subbu Yuvanshankar Raja 5 4 Mannichiru Sirai Sathyaprakash & Aanandi Joshi Justin Prabhakaran Justin Prabhakaran […]
A.R. Rahman faces biggest backlash of his career
The current furore over A.R. Rahman’s comment in a BBC interview recorded on 14 January 2026 is unlikely to dissipate soon. In the interview, Rahman remarked that he was not getting enough work because he is Muslim. The comment might have seemed innocuous to him, but the severe backlash from all quarters saw him apologise […]
Sigaram Awards 2025
This is the very first Sigaram Awards – an accolade designed to recognise excellence in Tamil Cinema. Like the film reviews that appear on Sigaram, the selection of awardees remains unbiased, impartial and transparent. The long list of nominees in each category was posted on Sigaram earlier this year and readers were invited to make […]
Top 15 Tamil Films of 2025 (and those that were almost included)
Presented below are the Top 15 Tamils in Ascending Order Presented below are those films that were closely considered for inclusion in the Top 15. These films are presented in random order. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Summary of Cinematic Highlights of 2025
Although 2025 was a cinematic year characterised by many pockets of excellence, the year was not a momentous one for Tamil cinema. Four of the most anticipated films of 2025 – Rajinikanth’s Coolie, Kamal Haasan’s Thug Life, Ajith Kumar’s Vidaa Muyarchi and Suriya’s Retro did record success, but did not shatter records. The fifth film […]
Spoiler-free Review of “Parasakthi”
Sivakarthikeyan’s Parasakthi is a deeply moving look at a turbulent but critical time in Tamil Nadu history. Based on the life of student activist Rajendran, Sudha Kongara’s Parasakthi is a fictionalized representation of the events that dominated Tamil Nadu news in 1965 – a series of events that have become sharply relevant in the recent […]
Sigaram Song of the Year 2025
Ms A look at the music of 2025 The list of Tamil songs that have trended on multimedia platforms and enjoyed extended play on radio and TV channels is a curious one that shows a mixture of modern styles and traditional rhythmic structures and conventions. The encouraging trend is the increasing number of new music […]
Top 20 Tamil Songs for week ending 16 Jan 2026
This Week Title Film/Album Singer/s Lyric Music Last Week 1 Mannichiru Sirai Sathyaprakash & Aanandi Joshi Justin Prabhakaran Justin Prabhakaran 2 2 Ratnamala Parasakthi DG.V. Prakash Kumar Jayashree Mathivaran G.V. Prakash Kumar 4 3 Thalapathy Katcheri Jana Nayagan Thalapathy Vijay, Anirudh Ravichander & Arivu Arivu Anirudh Ravichander 1 4 Chendipoova Angammal K.S. Chithra Muthamil Mohammed […]
MGR’s contribution to Tamil Cinema
Today marks the 109th birth anniversary of M.G. Ramachandran, the actor-turned-politician who transformed Tamil commercial cinema and revolutionized Tamil politics. From his debut in Ellis R Dungan’s Sathi Leelavathi in 1936, to his first lead role in A.S.A Sami’s Rajakumari in 1947, to the film that established him as a superstar – S.M. Sriramulu Naidu’s […]